"Half a pound of salami, please."
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Went to the grocery store today, and at the deli counter, I asked the clerk for half a pound of Genoa salami.
As he was slicing it, he said, "Fractions are so much easier. 'Half a pound, a quarter-pound, a pound.' Can you imagine how hard it would be if we were metric? I mean, 'Gimme 78 grams of salami, please?' I'd never be able to figure that out."
Well, no, you probably wouldn't and that's why you're working the deli counter at the local grocery store, rather than building
explodingrockets for Elon Musk.I didn't say that, but I thought it. I just smiled, and said, "No, actually it's easier," and walked away.
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@Mik said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":
I don’t have any problem with fractions and once I got used to it metric would be just as normal.
Adaptability is key to the successful primate.
I mentioned this to Mrs. George today, and I asked her how long, as a nurse, did it take for her to get used to using milliliters, liter, kilograms, etc.
"About 15 minutes," she said.
But then, she used to drive an IABP (look it up), so there's that.
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I find using imperial units rather cumbersome. It's hardly ever necessary now, as we're all using IEC, ISO standards and what have you. I still get reports to review which sometimes reference the old units. I send them back and tell them to replace their
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Weight is also metric. For example calculating body surface area in chemotherapy dosage.
I’m pretty much “bi” in the sense that I can switch in my head back and forth.
Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way. -
@bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":
Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.
Go to England, you get more!
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Hey you are right, I didn’t know that.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":
@bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":
Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.
Go to England, you get more!
More bad beer…
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I can do much of it in my head going back and forth....weight, distance, milliliters. But when it comes to smaller measurements, I don't have that conversion logic upstairs yet because I haven't really had to use it. It's not that hard and it makes more sense to use base 10.
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Fine, just so long as we base the length of a centimeter as the size of Rudolf VanWerdenstein’s knuckle on his middle finger. And a gram should be the measured weight of a single lock of a Hapsburg princess’s hair.
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And a liter should be set at the exact amount of Bohemian Pilsner with an ABV of 5.2% it takes for me to drink in an hour to reach a blood alcohol level of .06.
I’m willing to sit through multiple tests…
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@LuFins-Dad said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":
@Doctor-Phibes said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":
@bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":
Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.
Go to England, you get more!
More bad beer…
I shouldn't worry - they'd probably be willing to serve it to you in a lady's glass.
In fact, they might insist.